2 Bixley Drive, Rushmere St Andrew, Ipswich, IP4 5TS

2 Bixley Drive is a three-bedroom detached house in Rushmere St. Andrew, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP4 5TS). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 886 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2010) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.

Held since April 2011 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 82 m² it sits well below the postcode median (132 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £316,000 is 45.5% above the 2011 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£245/sq ft) was about 29% above the typical sold price in the postcode.